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The central purpose of the Austrian Academic Library Consortium KEMÖ is (1) the coordinated acquisition and management of electronic resources (primarily databases and e-journals) and the usage rights of these resources within consortia, (2) coordinated resource administration, (3) a unified voice to represent the consortia members and (4) joint collaboration for national and international Open Access initiatives.
Within these duties and responsibilities the consortium developed during the last years Open Access agreements of the member institutions with the respective publishers.
 

The following Open Access agreements with scientific publishers currently exist in Austria. As mentioned, the Austrian Academic Library Consortium KEMÖ negotiates most of the agreements.